Tokyo Olympic Games 2021

• 10,000 Tokyo Olympics volunteers have dropped out with 50 days left before Games

  Few volunteers are expected to be vaccinated for COVID-19, since most will have no contact with athletes or other key personnel during the Games.

  World

  Jun 3, 2021
  
• Japan to extend COVID-19 state of emergency as hopes for safe Tokyo Olympics fade

  The extension is needed as people are increasingly roaming in public, especially in Tokyo and Osaka, when they should be doing the opposite.

  World

  May 28, 2021
  
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• Japan to keep U.S. informed on COVID-19 risk as Tokyo Olympics approach: White House

  A top Olympic official last week said the Games would start as planned in Tokyo on July 23, even under a state of emergency after being postponed in 2020 during the pandemic.

  World

  May 26, 2021
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• Japan scales up COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of Olympics as U.S. issues travel warning

  The IOC said Tuesday that it is still ironing out details of a policy by which national teams fly in additional medical staff for games so as not to burden Japan's own systems.

  World

  May 25, 2021